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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...University-wide committee that set out to investigate the Hygiene Department a year ago has come up with a set of worthy recommendations, but its five graduate student members frankly admit that they haven't accompished what they set out to do--find out "whether the Hygiene Department is giving the best possible service for the fee charged." This failure is due to the peculiar nature of University expense accounting; to discover what happens to the student's $15, the committee would have had to examine every invoice and voucher for a year of Hygiene Department operation, a task which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How Much for Hygiene? | 10/14/1948 | See Source »

...Bills." Candidate Thurmond would never admit that the issue could be put in such black & white terms. He draped his case in the dialectics of states' rights. In his harsh, flat voice he denied the authority of Washington to interfere with the South's pattern of behavior. These were the "fo'ce bills" which he denounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THIRD PARTIES: Southern Revolt | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Though frankly puzzled as to why he had been selected as subject for a Profile, Mr. Leighton does admit to holding down one of the busiest jobs in the University. In late Spring, when the names and correspondence of next year's new men are submitted to his office, he is faced with the task of assigning the men to rooms, selecting proctor for the Yard, and accruing 120 freshman advisers in the various fields. When that is done, then the worst is behind him, and he and his staff can settle down to the more routine job of Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Delmar Leighton: "A Sort of Beadle" | 10/7/1948 | See Source »

...great day of election draws nearer and nearer, all the political parties are imploring the people to register promptly and to vote without fail. Some campaigners have even struggled above the steam of partisan battle to admit that a large turnout is desirable in itself, whether it happens to be for their particular groups or not. And although a great many potential voters seem to be less than inspired this year by the privilege of picking their government, few will deny that a perplexing choice is better than no choice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Register! | 10/1/1948 | See Source »

...None of them is named Garbo. Hence the annual get-acquainted dance of Lasell Junior College will get underway no later than 8 P.M., Saturday night, October 2. The girls want 100 sophomores and freshmen to sample the punch, dance, and do card tricks and are quick to admit there will be 200 of them. The only files in the ointment are M.I.T., B.C., B.U., and Tufts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Men Wanted" Sign Hangs at Lasell J. C. | 9/29/1948 | See Source »

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